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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Digital process for tracking Coronavirus
The Government has taken a number of steps for tracing / tracking of patients with corona and other infectious diseases in the country, as given below :-
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme :- Under IDSP, Surveillance units have been established in all States and District Headquarters and are reporting weekly data on epidemic prone diseases. The data is collected to monitor disease trends and to detect and respond to outbreaks in early rising phase through trained Rapid Response Teams . The IDSP has also been geared up in connection with Covid-19 to track and follow up passengers coming from various countries like China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.
AarogyaSetu App is an app developed by Ministry of Electronics and IT for Covid-19 contact tracing, symptoms mapping and self-assessment. It also helpsin identification of Covid-19 clusters.
COWIN App is a digital platform developed by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to help agencies keep a track of Covid-19 vaccination programme and allowing Indian citizens to apply for a Covid-19 vaccine shot.
Covid-India Portal& Testing Portaldeveloped by Ministry of Health & FW for collecting state specific data pertaining to various aspects of Covid-19 management such as number of cases, infrastructure availability testing, etc.
The IDSP is implemented under the National Health Mission in allStates/UTs with the objective to detect and respond todisease outbreaks due to epidemic prone diseases. Toprevent the spread of such outbreaks, under IDSPStates/UTs are provided with additional manpower,training of identified Rapid Response Team members for outbreak investigations, strengthening oflaboratories for detection of epidemic prone diseases, ITequipment for data entry, analysis and data transfer.
Further, the health awareness media campaigns from central level by this Ministry are released through Bureau of Outreach and Communication, Doordarshan, All India Radio, etc. The details of expenditure incurred during last five years by this ministry under SwasthaNagrikAbhiyan  are as under :-
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2015-16
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223.07
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2016-17
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251.08
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2017-18
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188.47
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2018-19
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226.57
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2019-20
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132.20
The Minister of State , Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the LokSabha here today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles demise of Padma Vibhushan Sir Anerood Jugnauth
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of Sir Anerood Jugnauth who served as both Prime Minister and President of Mauritius for many years.
In a tweet, Shri Modi said:
"Padma Vibhushan Sir Anerood Jugnauth, a tall leader & statesman, was the architect of modern Mauritius. A proud Pravasi Bharatiya, he helped forge the special bilateral relationship that will benefit from his legacy. Condolences to his family & the people of Mauritius. Om Shanti."
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Shri Rameswar Teli launches 3rd ONGC handicraft project under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav
Training and support provided for 100 Artisans under Assam Handloom project
Local weavers get benefit and boost for the rural economy
Minister of State , Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labor & Employment Shri Rameswar Teli launched ONGC-supported Assam Handloom project ‘Ujjwal Abahan’ on 6 August 2021 through virtual platform. The project will support and train over a hundred artisans of Bhatiapar of Sivasagar, Assam in Hathkharga handicraft.
This project is in line with the government’s observance of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav”, under which ONGC has earlier launched two projects supporting the indigenous handicrafts of the country. Observing India’s 75th year of independence, PSUs under the Petroleum and natural gas ministry have undertaken 75 projects to be supported to commemorate each year of Independence. Among the 75 projects, ONGC is supporting 15 projects, which will be implemented by 15 August 2022. The 3rd initiative of ONGC is part of the first phase – in which the energy major will unveil five projects.
Minister of State Shri Teli said that the Assam Handloom project is worth over 26 lakh rupees and expressed confidence that it will substantially benefit the local weavers, subsequently boost the rural economy. He noted that technological development is key to increasing productivity through these projects. He expressed optimism that the example set by ONGC will lead other PSUs to come forward and help support such beneficial schemes in the country.
Petroleum Secretary Shri Tarun Kapoor said it is commendable that ONGC through this unique CSR project is supporting handicraft and generating employment in rural areas. He noted that the skill-based training included in the projects is a major leap towards empowering underprivileged people of the country.
ONGC CMD Shri Subhash Kumar noted that it is a matter of pride and honor to host such CSR project as a part of the government’s celebration of the 75th year of Independence. “ONGC has always been supporting local communities in and around its operational areas and will continue to do so.”YB/RKM
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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
185.74 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 11,058
Active cases stand at 0.03%
Recovery Rate currently at 98.76%
929 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to
4,25,03,383
861 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate 
Weekly Positivity Rate 
79.41 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 2,71,211 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
Ministry of Defence
16 Licensing Agreements for Transfer of Technology for 10 indigenous technologies handed over to 13 industries by DRDO during ‘Bandhan’ ceremony of DefExpo 2022
Defence Research & Development Organisation  handed over 16 Licensing Agreements for Transfer of Technology  for 10 DRDO-developed technologies to 13 industries during the ‘Bandhan’ ceremony of the 12th DefExpo in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on October 20, 2022. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh presided over the ceremony, which saw a total of 451 Memoranda of Understanding, Transfer of Technology agreements and Product Launches. Of the 451, there were 345 MoUs, 42 Major Announcements, 46 Product Launches and 18 ToTs. The contribution of Gujarat was 28 MoUs and one Product Launch. It envisages investment worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore. Indian Air Force and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited concluded a contract for 70 HTT-40 indigenous trainer aircraft worth Rs 6,800 crore.
The technologies transferred by DRDO are from the area of electronics, laser technology, armaments, material science, combat vehicles, naval systems and sensors etc. The products include Handheld Ground Penetrating Radar , Unexploded Ordnance Handling Robot , Semi-Solid Metal  Processing Technology for Aluminum Alloys, High Oxidative and Thermal Stability Oil , Nuclear Shielding Pads for Combat Vehicles, 120mm Tandem Warhead System for Anti-Tank Application, High Energy Material , Laser-Based End Game Fuze, Multi-kW Laser Beam Directing Optical Channel , SHAKTI EW System. These high-technology products will provide impetus to ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ drive of the Government and boost the defence manufacturing sector through self-reliance, besides enhancing the operational capabilities of the Armed Forces.
Gujarat Governor Shri Acharya Devvrat, Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt, Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar, Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande, Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar and OSD, Department of Defence Shri Giridhar Aramane were among those who attended the ceremony.
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Ministry of Women and Child Development
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development organizes Training Programme on ‘Recent Advancement in Anganwadi Service Scheme under Poshan 2.0 in Uttar Pradesh
National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development  organized a Training Programme on ‘Recent Advancement in Anganwadi Service Scheme under Poshan2.0 at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
The Major objectives of the Programme were:
- To discuss the concepts and recent advancements in early childhood development and education, nutrition and health care for children and women.
- To discuss the intervention driven convergence with other department programme
- To orient about identification of specific needs at the district level and developing result-based action plan.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
10 projects worth Rs 301.54 crores sanctioned forfood processing sector inIMACmeeting chaired by Smt.Harsimrat Kaur Badal
10 projects worth rupees 301.54 Crorerupees with total grant-in-aid of 67.29 Cr were sanctioned in a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Approval Committee  held under the Chairpersonship of Union Food Processing Industries Minister Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal in New Delhi. The projects were sanctioned under the ‘Agro Processing Cluster Scheme’ of KisanSampadaYojana of MoFPI. These projects are likely to generate employment for ten thousand people and benefit nearly forty thousand farmers.
Union FPI Minister said that in the last 15 days, MoFPI has facilitated investments worth 707 Crore rupees. The Government through the Ministry of Food Processing Industries  is making all efforts to encourage investments in the business. 100 percent FDI is permitted under the automatic route in Food Processing Industries and 100 percent FDI is allowed through approval route for trading including e-commerce in respect of food products manufacture and/or produced in India. 100 percent Income Tax exemption from profit derived from activities such as post-harvest value addition to agriculture by FPO’s having annual turnover up to Rs.100 crores.
IMAC approved 8 projects spread over eight districts of Tamil Nadu under the cluster scheme worth 230 Crore rupeesin the meeting held on 4th March 2020. These projects envisage the creation of direct and indirect employment for persons along with employment opportunities in rural areas to be the focus area. These projects are likely to generate employment for around 8000 people and benefit 32000 farmers in that region.
The Ministry expressed satisfaction overproactive approach of Tamil Nadu Government in Food Processing sector as the state has its own dedicated Food Processing policy, policy on FPO’s, contract farming etc, to encourage setting up of food processing industries by agro-entrepreneurs, availing financial assistance from Union government.
The scheme aims at development of modern infrastructure and common facilities to encourage group of entrepreneurs to set up food processing units based on cluster approach by linking groups of producers/ farmers to the processors and markets through well-equipped supply chain with modern infrastructure. The units are set up simultaneously along with creation of common infrastructure.
Ministry of Defence
INS TARKASH – LONG RANGE OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENT
VISIT TO DJIBOUTI AND MARITIME PARTNERSHIP EXERCISE WITH SUDAN NAVY
Indian Navy’s stealth frigate INS Tarkash, visited Djibouti as part of her long range overseas deployment followed by Maritime Partnership Exercise with Sudan Navy. The ship is on a deployment to Rio de Janerio, Brazil, which is intended to coincide with the Independence Day enabling her to hoist the tricolour in South America on the occasion as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.
At the strategically-vital port, Captain Abraham Samuel, Commanding Officer of the ship, called on Shri Ramachandran Chandramouli, Hon'ble Ambassador of India to Djibouti. The Indian Navy maintains continuous presence in the Gulf of Aden region as part of its mission-based deployment philosophy.
INS Tarkash also conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise with Sudan Navy ships Almazz  and Nimer  in the Red Sea near the Sudan Naval Base on 07 July 2022. The exercise included manoeuvres, flying operations for vertical replenishment, visit and board operations, and communication procedures. It provided opportunity for exchange of professional experiences and strengthening maritime cooperation between the two countries.
INS Tarkash is a state-of-the-art platform and has a weapon-sensor fit that enables her address threats in all dimensions. The ship is part of the Indian Navy’s Western Fleet and functions under the operational command of the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
The northern Limit of southwest monsoon  continues to pass through, Barmer, Bhilwara, Dholpur, Aligarh, Meerut, Ambala and Amritsar
According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department :

Based on 0830 hours IST Observations
All India Weather Inference 
- The northern Limit of southwest monsoon  continues to pass through Lat. 26°N / Long. 70°E, Barmer, Bhilwara, Dholpur, Aligarh, Meerut, Ambala and Amritsar.
- Further advance of southwest monsoon into remaining parts of Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab is likely to be slow as large scale features are not favourable and the forecast wind pattern by the numerical models do not indicate any favourable condition for sustained rainfall over the region during the forecast period.
- The trough at mean sea level from north Punjab to northeast Bay of Bengal across Haryana, West Uttar Pradesh, north Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal persists.
- The cyclonic circulation over southwest Bihar & adjoining southeast Uttar Pradesh now lies over Jharkhand & neighbourhood and extends upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height.
- The trough from the cyclonic circulation over southwest Bihar & adjoining southeast Uttar Pradesh to south Chhattisgarh now runs from cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand to south Coastal Andhra Pradesh across interior Odisha and extends upto 1.5 km above mean sea level.
- An east west trough runs from cyclonic circulation over Jharkhand to north Gujarat across north Chhattisgarh and south Madhya Pradesh at 3.1 km above mean sea level.
- A cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Rajasthan & neighbourhood and extends upto 1.5 km above mean sea level.
- The Western Disturbance as a trough in mid & upper tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 71°E to the north of Lat. 25°N persists.
- The cyclonic circulation over Northeast & adjoining Northwest Arabian Sea at 5.8 km above mean sea level has become less marked.
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Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Nation Pays Homage to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on his 63rd Mahaparinirvan Diwas
The President Shri Ram Nath Kovind led the nation in paying homage to Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar on his 63rd Mahaparinirvan Diwas here today. He offered floral tribute at the statue of Baba Saheb at Sansad Bhavan Lawns in the Parliament House complex this morning.
The Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Speaker, Lok Sabha Smt. Sumitra Mahajan also offered tribute to the Father of the Indian Constitution, Dr. Ambedkar.
Among other leaders who paid floral tribute to Baba Saheb included the Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Dr. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Ministers of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Ramdas Athawale, Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar, Shri Vijay Sampla and other dignitaries.
The function was organized by the Ambedkar Foundation, an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
Ministry of Power
Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy takes review of Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited
Shri R.K. Singh, Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy reviewed the performance of Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited  today, in the presence of Secretary  and Senior Officers of Ministry of Power, with CMDand Senior Officers of SJVN Limited.
SJVN Limited made an extensive presentation on its Project Portfolio, Statusof Ongoing Projects, CAPEX Targets, MoU Targets, Financial Achievements, HR Issues & Business Expansion Plans.
The Minister directed SJVN Limited to prioritize leveraging domestically manufactured products in all its Generation and Transmission projects & expedite their business diversification. Special stress was laid on the development of Hydro Electric Projects in Nepal and Bhutan.
TheMinister highlighted the need of Hydro Power for Energy Transition in the Country. He also advised that generating CPSUs need to start looking beyond the DISCOMs by exploringmarket avenues through Open Access.
Shri Singh appreciated the swift progress made by SJVN Limited in execution of 900 MW Arun-3 Hydro Electric Project in Nepal.
Ministry of Science & Technology
A newly fabricated bio-electronic uric acid detecting device can be used for wearable sensors and point-of-care diagnostics
A new flexible bio-electronic uric acid detecting device has been fabricated that can be used for various applications such as wearable sensors and point-of-care diagnostics.
Uric acid is one of the most important antioxidants that maintain blood pressure stability and reduce oxidative stress in living beings. The usual range of uric acid in blood ranges from 0.14 to 0.4 mmol dm-3, and for urine, 1.5 to 4.5 mmol dm-3. However, the fluctuation of uric acid levels due to the lack of balancing between the production and excretion causes several diseases like hyperuricemia, which in turn may lead to gout disease, type 2 diabetes, increase risk of cardiovascular diseases, Lesch–Nyhan syndrome, hypertension, and renal disorders.
Researchers from the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology , an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology , fabricated this device made up of reduced phosphorene quantum dots -- a new class of zero-dimensional functional nanostructures with unique physicochemical and surface properties. The quantum dots show distinctive electrical performance in biomedical applications and so can be used in fabricating high-performance electrical biosensors.
The current-voltage and the impedance  responses for the fabricated device have been studied with increased uric acid concentration. With the increase in uric acid concentration, the current density increases and shows a maximum current of about 1.35 ×10-6 A.
The fabricated device shows reversibility in interaction with the uric acid, which repeatedly enables the use of the device for sensing experiments. It outperforms all currently available ones in terms of effectiveness and cost because it doesn't need any enzymes.
The response of the fabricated device was investigated with real samples like human blood serum and artificial urine. The device so developed is simple, portable, cost-effective, and easy to fabricate for detecting uric acid with a limit of about 0.809 µM. This work, led by Prof. Neelotpal Sen Sarma and his Ph. D student Nasrin Sultana was recently published in the journal ACS Applied Electronic Materials.
Publication link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.2c01528
Contact add: Prof. Neelotpal Sen Sarma 
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Ministry of Labour & Employment
More than 3 crore unorganized workers registered on E-shram portal.
Chief Labour Commissioner  attends the 177th Governing Body Meeting of National Board for Workers Education and Development
Memorandum of settlement signed between the management of Celebi, , andtheir contract workers represented by Airport Employees Union.
In a tweet message, Union Minister for Labour and Employment, Shri Bhupender Yadav today informed that across the country more than 3 crore have registered themselves on the E-shram portal,the first ever National Database of Unorganized Workers  in the country.
Earlier today, the 177th Governing Body Meeting and 78th Annual General Body meeting of the Dattopant Thengadi National Board for Workers Education and Development, an autonomous body under the ministry, was held at Hyderabad. The meeting was chaired by Shri Vrijesh Updadhyay, Chairman of the Board along with Chief Labour Commissioner , Govt. of India, Shri D.P.S. Negi and several important decisions were taken.
Informing about the e-shram portal which has given unorganized workers a distinct identity and recognition, Shri Negi said, “Earlier, we did not have any means to provide benefits to unorganized workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, since we did not have data on them. But now, the e-Shram Card will serve as a single card to avail government benefits across the country, it will be One Nation One Card”, and asked the Board to include the details about registering on the e-Shram portal and disseminate the benefits of registering at the portal to the unorganized workers in the country.
In another important development, benefitting 1019 contract workers a Memorandum of settlement was signed between the management of Celebi, , and their contract workers represented by Airport Employees Union today in New Delhi. Each worker shall receive an amount Rs. 58,400/- and total amount disbursed among the workers this year will be Rs. 6,08,41,600/- .
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Contaminated Water Flow In Drains
It is responsibility of State/UTs, Local Bodies and Industrial Units to ensure required treatment of sewage and industrial effluents in sewage treatment plants / effluent treatment plant /common effluent treatment plants  to the prescribed norms before discharging in to river and other water bodies, coastal waters or land to prevent and control of pollution therein.
This Ministry, through the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National River Conservation Plan  has been supplementing efforts of the States/UTs by providing financial and technical assistance for abatement of pollution in identified stretches of rivers, excluding river Ganga and its tributaries, on cost sharing basis. Different pollution abatement projects admissible under NRCP include sewerage networks, interception and diversion works, sewage treatment plants , etc.
Proposals for pollution abatement works in towns/cities along polluted river stretches are received from the States/UTs from time to time for consideration under the NRCP, and sanctioned on cost sharing basis based on their prioritization, conformity with NRCP guidelines, availability of Plan funds, etc. Under this scheme, conservation of three rivers in Punjab namely Ghaggar, Satluj and Beas were sanctioned at a total cost of Rs. 774.43 crores. With the implementation of these schemes, a sewage treatment capacity of 663.20 mld has been created in 18 towns, so far.
As per the provisions of Environment  Act, 1986 and Water , Act 1974, industrial units are required to install effluent treatment plants  and treat their effluents to comply with stipulated environmental standards before discharging into river and water bodies.
Besides, in compliance of the orders of National Green Tribunal  in Original Application No.673/2018 regarding rejuvenation of polluted river stretches in the country, States/UTs are required to implement approved action plans for restoration of the polluted stretches in their jurisdiction as identified by CPCB and published in their report of 2018, within the stipulated timelines. As per the orders of NGT, regular review on implementation of action plans is undertaken in the States/UTs and also at Central level by Secretary, Department of Water Resource, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India.
As per information provided by Punjab Pollution Control Board, a task force under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Amritsar has been nominated by Govt. of Punjab on 19.08.2021 with the stakeholder departments as its members to work out a plan for cleaning and rejuvenation, of Tung Dhab drain.
This information was given by the Minister of State, for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.